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The Short Story: Leading Richmond 62-60, senior guard Keira Robinson made a 3-pointer with 27 seconds remaining to push the Rams through to the Atlantic 10 Women's Basketball Championship Second Round where they will face No. 1 seed Dayton on Friday at 11 a.m. VCU also beat Richmond for the third time this season.

QUICK FACTS

The Rams grabbed 17 offensive rebounds and had a 15-2 edge in second chance points over Richmond. VCU outrebounded Richmond 34-29.

Robinson scored a team-high 16 points along with six rebounds, two assists, three steals and no turnovers.

GG Goodhope had 15 points and four assists on 6-of-12 shooting from the field.

Curteeona Brelove was the fourth Ram to score in double figures as she had 10 points and four rebounds.

The Rams only committed six turnovers while Richmond had 10.

VCU led 36-18 in points in the paint and shot 41.2 percent from 3-point range.

Micaela Parson had a game-high 18 points for Richmond.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Richmond started the game on a 17-6 run and held its largest lead with 3:42 remaining in the first quarter.

VCU ended the run on a Mooriah Rowser 3-pointer and outscored Richmond 18-8 to cut its deficit to just 25-24 with 4:19 left before halftime.

The Rams took their first lead of the game at 27-25 with 3:12 remaining in the second quarter on a Brelove layup.

The Spiders retook the lead on their ensuing possession and led the Rams 35-32 at halftime.

The third quarter saw the lead change five times but the Rams were able to outscore the Spiders 17-8 during the frame and led 49-43 going into the fourth.

VCU's lead got as large as 52-43 after a Thorpe 3-pointer to being the final quarter but Richmond used a 10-4 run to cut the lead to 56-53.

The Spiders were never able to tie the game or retake the lead but cut the margin to one point on two occasions with the last coming with 1:57 left in the game. Richmond trailed VCU 60-59 at that point.

The Rams got an offensive rebound on the next possession and Brelove converted a layup to push VCU's lead to 62-59 with 1:27 left.

After a made Richmond free throw, Robinson hit a 3-pointer and the Rams went 7-of-8 at the free throw line to close the game.

UP NEXT VCU will face No. 1 seed Dayton in the Atlantic 10 Women's Basketball Championship Second Round on Friday, March 3 at 11 a.m. the Richmond Coliseum.